Armie Hammer, Jeffrey Dean Morgan differ over Stan Lee tributes



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Armie Hammer and Jeffrey Dean Morgan share the same superpower — with a flick of a finger or a thumb, they make embarrbading social media posts disappear. As far as superpowers go, this is pretty lame.

LOS ANGELES, CA – OCTOBER 11: Actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan attends the
screening of STX Entertainment’s ‘Desierto’ at Regal LA Live Stadium 14 on
October 11, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mike Windle/Getty
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The two actors appeared to be having an online beef, but all traces of an argument have gone *poof* into an alternative dimension where all silly tweets, FB posts and Instagram photos are banished for eternity.

So, Hammer and Morgan aren’t exactly mortal enemies.

It all started, according to People, with “Lone Ranger” star Hammer taking exception to the way some stars paid tribute to Stan Lee, the Marvel comics whiz who died earlier this week at the age of 95. Hammer did not like it one bit that celebrities were posting selfies of themselves with the creator of Spider-Man, Iron Man, X-Men and countless other iconic superheroes.

He thought the celebs were drawing attention away from Lee’s genius and were being egotistical. (Wait. Isn’t egotistical listed high above every celebrity’s CV?)

“So touched by all of the celebrities posting pictures of themselves with Stan Lee… no better way to commemorate an absolute legend than putting up a picture of yourself,” Hammer tweeted.

The tweet has since gone invisible.

Hammer, in a reply to another Twitter user, explained his stance with another tweet. “If Stan impacted your life (ie. All of our lives) with his work, post his work that touched you the most,” he said. “Posting a selfie makes his death about you and how cool you felt taking a picture with him.”

Hammer did approve of Mark Ruffalo’s post about Lee, which featured a photo Lee next to the Hulk, the character Ruffalo has played in three “Avengers” films.

“This ones not one with Mark in it…happy?” a person asked Hammer.

Hammer’s response: “Actually, yes. This was an example that stood out and made me think his post was actually about Stan.”

Morgan wasn’t as appeasing toward Hammer when he called him an “(expetive)hat,” which, as far as we know, is not a part of any superheroes’ costume.

“Looks like you found a way to use others ways of mourning and their memories to draw some attention to yourself,” the “Walking Dead” star tweeted. “You sound like a real (expletive)hat.”

The tweet has since been — Boom! Pow! — disintegrated.

Many were on the same side as Morgan on this semi-dispute.

“They… worked with him…?” one Twitter user asked Hammer.

“Me…. too…?” Hammer replied.

A quick scan of Hammer’s IMDb page shows he was a voice actor for the 2014 TV movie “Stan Lee’s Mighty 7” and a Marvel video game.

Some of Marvel Cinematic Universe’s stars were among those to post selfies of themselves with Lee, including Hugh Jackman (Wolverine), Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Tom Holland (Spider-Man), Chris Pratt (Star-Lord) and Zoe Saldana (Gamora).

Perhaps Hammer should have saved his ire for another CMU star’s tribute to Lee. Gwyneth Paltrow, who played Pepper Potts, drew criticism for an Instagram post that seemed to be doubling as an advertisement for one of her Goop products.

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